Seven tricenarians living in Philadelphia struggle with everyday adult angst.Seven tricenarians living in Philadelphia struggle with everyday adult angst.Seven tricenarians living in Philadelphia struggle with everyday adult angst.
- Won 13 Primetime Emmys
- 28 wins & 63 nominations total
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- TriviaThe word "thirtysomething" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as a direct result of its popular usage from this series.
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Miles Drentell: Nobody wants to be unpopular. That's why we're here. That's the dance of advertising. We help people become popular. Through popularity comes acceptance. Acceptance leads to assimilation. Assimilation leads to bliss. We calm & reassure. We embrace people with the message that we are all in it together. That our leaders are infallible and there's nothing, absolutely nothing wrong. That's what we do. It's what we've always done... In return for our humanitarian service, we are made rich.
- Crazy creditsThroughout season 1 and season 2 Elliot's and Ellyn's names are spelled incorrectly in the opening credits. Elliot's is spelled with two 't's ("Elliott"), and Ellyn's is spelled with a second 'e' instead of a 'y' ("Ellen"). "Ellyn" is not corrected until the first episode of season 3 (3.1 "Nancy's mom") and "Elliot", not until the fourth episode of season 3 (3.4 "new baby").
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988)
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Yeah, so they were yuppies, and yes they whined. so what. I loved this program when it first ran. And I watched every episode when it was shown this year on Bravo. Thank you, Bravo! I was disappointed to find out that it was the producers (Hershkovitz and his partner) who had pulled the plug on it back it 1991. They thought that 4 years was enough. It just dropped out of the Fall lineup, so there was never ever any closure to the plot line. Very Disappointing!
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